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Barbara Russell

 

Barbara Russell
Founder and (retired) President & CEO
Options Publishing
2007

After 4 years as an elementary, sixth grade classroom teacher in Chelmsford, MA, Barbara joined Curriculum Associates (Billerica, MA) as their first full-time employee. Barbara’s 20-year career at CA included positions as National Consultant, National Sales Manager and Vice President of Sales and Marketing. In 1992, Barbara became an entrepreneur and formed her own company, Options Publishing, Inc. (Merrimack, NH). Options is a supplemental, educational publisher of K – 8 materials with a target audience of urban, at - risk students. As President & CEO, Barbara oversaw the company's record growth and success in the K – 8 market.

Barbara is a member of the International Reading Association; Association of Supervision of Curriculum Development; Small Business Association; National Council Teachers of Mathematics; American Association of Publishers; American Association of Educational Publishers; Phi Beta Kappa.

 

 

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